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Floods hit Yorkshire

A big clean up is under way in communities including Todmorden, Hebden Bridge and Mytholmroyd after flash floods forced people from their homes and led to West Yorkshire Fire Service warning it could only respond to life-threatening emergencies

Sergeant Brian Price and his wife Holly thought their wedding day would not go ahead today. Until this morning the churchyard at Mytholmroyd was under three feet of water. Fortunately the river receded just in time for their wedding.

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Anne Downie landlady of The Dusty Miller Pub in Mytholmroyd, Pearl Toner, owner of Village Fisheries and Mary Clayton from Calder Weaving Company talks to Calendar about the cost of flooding to their businesses.